"If you’ve ever tried a Socratic seminar with your students, or know a colleague who has, this story may sound eerily familiar: After spending the semester shoring up students’ contextual knowledge through multimedia presentations and analyzing primary and secondary sources together, students file in for the big day and gently pick up their Socratic seminar prep packet."—Source: EdSurge
WHY THIS MATTERS:
We think of Slack as a tool for business, but it could play an important role as a learning tool, especially to keep socratic discussions on track. Read how Slack can be used as a backchannel to fuel deeper levels of class participation. —Eduwire Editors
